H9005–/ל–l

Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.

לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to”

Thus I cleansed them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;

לַכֹּהֲנִ֥ים (לַ) la. “to the”וְלַלְוִיִּ֖ם (לַ) la “to the”

And for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

וּלְקֻרְבַּ֧ן (לְ) le. “for”וְלַבִּכּוּרִ֑ים (לַ) la “for the”לִּ֥י (לִּ֥) l “to”לְטוֹבָֽה׃ (לְ) le. “for”

In the third year of his reign, he made a feast to all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:

לְמָלְכ֔וֹ (לְ) le. “of”לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “for”לְפָנָֽיו׃ (לְ) le. “[were] <to>”

And when these days had expired, the king made a feast for all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both for great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “for”לְמִגָּ֧דוֹל (לְ) le. “<to>”

And the drinking was according to the law; none constrained: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.

לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (לַ) la. “[belonged] to the”

On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

לִ֠מְהוּמָן (לִ֠) Li “to”

To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.

לְ֠הָבִיא (לְ֠) Le. “to”לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”לְהַרְא֨וֹת (לְ) le. “to”

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

לָבוֹא֙ (לָ) la. “to”

Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for so was the king's manner towards all that knew law and judgment:

לַחֲכָמִ֖ים (לַ) la. “to <the>”לִפְנֵ֕י (לִ) li “<to>”

What shall we do to the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

לַּעֲשׂ֔וֹת (לַּ) la. “[is] to”

And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

לִפְנֵ֤י (לִ) li “<to>”לְבַדּ֔וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

For this deed of the queen will come abroad to all women, so that they will despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

לְהַבְז֥וֹת (לְ) le. “to”לְהָבִ֨יא (לְ) le. “to”לְפָנָ֖יו (לְ) le. “<to>”

Likewise will the ladies of Persia and Media say this day to all the king's princes, who have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus will there arise too much contempt and wrath.

לְכֹ֖ל (לְ) le. “to”

If it pleaseth the king, let a royal commandment go from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another that is better than she.

מִלְּפָנָ֔יו (לְּ) le. “to”לִפְנֵי֙ (לִ) li “<to>”לִרְעוּתָ֖הּ (לִ) li “to”

And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.

לְבַעְלֵיהֶ֔ן (לְ) le. “to”לְמִגָּד֖וֹל (לְ) le. “<to>”

For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing of it, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.

לִהְי֤וֹת (לִ) li “to”

Then said the king's servants that ministered to him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ (לַ) la. “for the”

And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.

לָ֖הּ (לָ֖) la “[belonged] to <the>”ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “of”לְבַֽת׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness from him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens who were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids to the best place of the house of the women.

לְפָנָיו֒ (לְ) le. “<to>”לָתֵ֣ת (לָ) la. “to”לָ֔הּ (לָ֔) La “to <the>”לָֽתֶת־ (לָֽ) la. “to”לָ֖הּ (לָ֖) la “to <the>”לְט֖וֹב (לְ) le. “to”

And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her.

לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “to”לָדַ֙עַת֙ (לָ) la. “to”

Now when every maid's turn had come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)

לָב֣וֹא׀ (לָ) la. “to”לָ֜הּ (לָ֜) la “for <the>”

Then thus came every maiden to the king; whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king's house.

לָהּ֙ (לָ) la “to <the>”לָב֣וֹא (לָ) la. “to”

Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, had come to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked upon her.

ל֨וֹ (ל֨) l “of”לְבַ֜ת (לְ) le. “to”לָב֣וֹא (לָ) la. “to”